marreeman
AV8R IFR time is only operating under instrument flight rules doesnt mean IMC only on the plan.
Just checking to see if we are on the same page here, 40.1.0 does not require you to be on an IFR plan to log Instrument Time.
Everyone needs instrument time for a GFPT, PPL, and CPL, very few people would have done this on a IFR plan.
The test to apply is that all flight time during which the aircraft was controlled solely by reference to instruments under either actual or simulated instrument flight conditions may be recorded as instrument flight time.
CAO 40.1.0 para 10.9 Instrument flight time may be logged by the pilot monitoring or providing input to the autopilot/auto-stabilisation equipment when it is engaged or by the pilot manually manipulating the controls when the aircraft is flown by reference to instruments under either actual or simulated instrument flight conditions.
Note: Instrument flight time shall only be logged by one pilot at a time.